You would only need the dummy files. All of them would probably load the LocalSettings.php in the mediawiki directory, but you can have a switch in it to have different config for each wiki.
On Thursday, December 12, 2019, Pascal GREGIS <[email protected]> wrote: > And I would need to have only dummy php files in my andra etc directory? > Plus a real LocalSettings.php of course. Will they load the good json files > etc? > > Thanks for the tip. > > Pascal > > Brian Wolff a écrit, le Thursday 12 December 2019 à 21:37:36 : > > If symlinks aren't an option (It would be weird for a hosting provider to > > disallow that), you can probably use dummy php files that just load the > > real version of themselves. > > > > e.g. Have MediaWiki in a directory named mediawiki > > > > then in a different directory named andra have a file named index.php > > containing only > > <?php > > require "../mediawiki/index.php"; > > > > And do similar for load.php, and any other files ending in .php that are > > top-level in MediaWiki (e.g. api.php, load.php,etc. But only the top > level > > ones, don't worry about the subdirectories). > > Then do the same thing for the other wikis you want to install in other > > directories. > > > > > > This should mostly just work (WMF wikis actually do something kind of > like > > this, but for different reasons), although you will need to adjust > > $wgExtensionAssetsPath to be 'mediawiki/extensions'; If you enable > uploads, > > you will need to make sure each wiki has a unique upload directory. > > > > -- > > Brian > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 9:28 PM Pascal GREGIS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thank you Brian for the explanations. I d'ont have the courage anymore > to > > > track down all the hardcoded index.php, and if you say it may be > fragile, I > > > think I have no other option but to lose 1GB of my available space > copying > > > mediawiki directory 4 or 5 times. > > > It would be nice however if possible to have other options for > multiwikis, > > > as all hostings don't allow symlinks or subdomains / domain aliases. > > > > > > For ereg_replace, I don't know why preg_replace gave horrible results > on > > > my server, but anyway, I should'nt need it anymore. > > > > > > Pascal > > > > > > Brian Wolff a écrit, le Thursday 12 December 2019 à 18:08:46 : > > > > It would be much better if you could use separate directories > instead of > > > > renaming index.php. Renaming index.php is not really a supported > > > > configuration. There's the obvious problem of how do other scripts, > like > > > > load.php know what wiki is being referred to. > > > > > > > > If you're really intent on doing this, You can try ensuring that > > > $wgScript > > > > is set appropriately for each wiki (E.g. $wgScript = '/w/andra.php'; > for > > > > the andra one). However, there are probably places (especially for > > > > extensions) where index.php is hardcoded, and as i mentioned before, > > > there > > > > are other entry points then index.php like load.php and api.php which > > > will > > > > be confused by this. I expect that this setup will break in subtle > ways. > > > > > > > > You would also have to ensure there are separate image directories > for > > > each > > > > wiki or mediawiki will get confused. > > > > > > > > p.s. ereg_replace is being removed from php, you should use > preg_replace > > > > instead. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > bawolff > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 5:54 PM Pascal GREGIS <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > > > I have troubles running several wikis on a same installation. > > > > > In fact I cannot use neither symlinks nor subdomain redirections > to do > > > it. > > > > > So I have tried a hand-mde solution with a copy of index.php. > > > > > i.e. : I want to run 4 wikis, that I have called : > > > > > - andra > > > > > - anthony > > > > > - nita > > > > > - crep > > > > > > > > > > To go to andra for example I type the address : > > > > > pascal.lautre.net/w/andra.php > > > > > > > > > > and I have created a LocalSettings-$wikiname.php for each of the 4 > > > wikis, > > > > > setting a switch in the main LocalSettings.php to include the > > > appropriate > > > > > one. > > > > > But I've got all my vairables and paths erased when the wiki > > > redirects, it > > > > > calls index.php/Accueil for example and I have no way to know what > was > > > the > > > > > original call. > > > > > I have even tried to use a hook, the BeforePageRedirect hook, but > it > > > > > worked only for loading the Accueil page (I guess it would be > called > > > HOme > > > > > in english, or Welcome), after, I have the problem again when I > try to > > > > > connect, the link points to index.php instead of andra.php. > > > > > > > > > > Here is the code of my LocalSettings.php: > > > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > > > > > $ppw = "/w"; > > > > > if (! isset($pascal_request_uri)) { > > > > > $pascal_request_uri = split("/", $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])[2]; > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > $wgHooks['BeforePageRedirect'][] = function ($out, &$redirect, > &$code) > > > { > > > > > GLOBAL $pascal_request_uri; > > > > > GLOBAL $ppw; > > > > > > > > > > $redirect = ereg_replace("/index.php", "/$pascal_request_uri", > > > > > $redirect); > > > > > return true; > > > > > }; > > > > > > > > > > switch ($pascal_request_uri) { > > > > > case "andra.php": > > > > > case "anthony.php": > > > > > case "nita.php": > > > > > case "crep.php": > > > > > require_once("LocalSettings-$pascal_request_uri"); > > > > > break; > > > > > default: > > > > > echo "<p>NO wiki specified. please choose a wiki, ex: <br>\n"; > > > > > echo $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . "$ppw/idees.php<br>\n"; > > > > > exit(1); > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for any help! > > > > > > > > > > Pascal > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
